Meth Producing Kosher Meat Nightmare Employer Hires PR Firm

[kolnidre]

I'm going to ask for trouble and Digg this:

http://www.forward.com/articles/13628/

Embattled Kosher Meat Giant Fights Back With P.R. Offensive

Battered by widespread criticism over its labor practices and facing calls for a boycott of its products, the operator of the country's largest kosher slaughterhouse appears to be gearing up for a major public-relations blitz.

Agriprocessors has hired 5W Public Relations, a New York-based P.R. powerhouse that represents clients ranging from hip-hop stars to Fortune 500 companies, as well as a number of major Jewish organizations and Israeli political figures. The beleaguered kosher-meat company's representatives have also organized a community meeting in New York City to counter concerns about the firm that have circulated throughout the Jewish community, blogs and the press.

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Geez, they forgot to mention this:
Feds: Drugs made at kosher meat plant

Federal authorities charged that a methamphetamine laboratory was operating at the nation's largest kosher slaughterhouse and that employees carried weapons to work.

The charges were among the most explosive details to emerge following the massive raid Monday at Agriprocessors in Postville, Iowa.

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http://jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108541.html

[kolnidre]

One of my latest book acquisitions is Postville. It's a little way from the top of the pile, but I'll get to it soon enough.
http://www.amazon.com/Postville-Clash-Cultures-Heartland-America/dp/0156013363/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214356709&sr=1-1

[clark-kent]

Is meth kosher?

[clark-kent]

I remember hearing about this story last year

No hash matzos?
Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:41pm EDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Marijuana is not kosher for Passover, a pro-cannabis advocacy group says, advising Jews who observe the week-long holiday's special dietary laws to take a break from smoking the weed.

The Green Leaf Party announced Wednesday that products of the cannabis plant have been grouped by rabbis within a family of foods such as peas, beans and lentils that is off-limits to Jews of European descent during Passover.

The Green Leaf Party, which has made several unsuccessful attempts to win election to parliament on a platform urging marijuana's legalisation, said it was issuing its advisory as a service to Jews who don't want to break ritual law.

But it said the rabbinical ban for the holiday beginning at sunset Monday, during which many Jews eat matzos, or unleavened bread, could be a blessing in disguise.

"Logic dictates that if the rabbis say cannabis is non-kosher for Passover, it is apparently kosher during the rest of the year," Michelle Levin, a spokeswoman for the party, told the YNet news web site.

I guess they smoke weed